In my opinion, removing Assad will lead to a vacuum at the most dangerous geographical place it could happen. A move that could very bring us even closer WWIII.
I am not trying to justify a belief that that Assad is a good guy. If I knew we could replace him with a decent leader, I would support Assad's removal 100%. However, understand this, America does not know how to win wars anymore. Need proof? The last war we won was WWII. Back when we understood that innocent people will die in large numbers an, and you don't stop killing the enemy until they are so beaten down they have no fight left in them.

